Re:The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap
by aendruk on Saturday April 20, 2024 @04:38PM
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> global consensus?
No, that’s not what I wrote. It’s local consensus on a system that is fit for global use, which means being cautious about what concepts receive special treatment from the renderer.
> not allow branches of divergence
I’m not sure where you got this idea. It’s explicitly licensed under CC0 and GitHub shows 800 forks. This freedom to diverge is one of the arguments in support of being conservative about changes to the common default.
No, that’s not what I wrote. It’s local consensus on a system that is fit for global use, which means being cautious about what concepts receive special treatment from the renderer.
> not allow branches of divergence
I’m not sure where you got this idea. It’s explicitly licensed under CC0 and GitHub shows 800 forks. This freedom to diverge is one of the arguments in support of being conservative about changes to the common default.